conceptual-framework-builder

What problem does it solve?

Helps you construct a systematic academic conceptual framework (概念框架 / Conceptual Framework) that functions as a defensible argument, not a loose template—by guiding your theory, literature positioning, and research design into a coherent structure.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Ravitch & Riggan-aligned, step-by-step construction: Uses an 8-step, “one-step-at-a-time” workflow with checkpoints, based on Reason & Rigor (理性且严谨 / Reason & Rigor).
• Turns inputs into publishable components: Produces Rationale, positionality, literature map, theoretical framework, argument chain, and a concept-map structure.
• Bridges “why” and “how”: Connects literature gaps and theory selection to research questions, design, data, and analysis methods.
• Bakes in reflexivity and evolution planning: Includes limitations and a concrete plan for updating the framework as evidence accumulates.

Quick Start

Tell an agent: “Use conceptual-framework-builder to help me build my thesis conceptual framework, one step at a time, starting by asking me for my research topic, field, method preference, and paper type.”